Awards

2022

Teaching

Award Recipient(s) Organization
UBC Killam Teaching Prize 2021
Oluwakemi Ola UBC

Research

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Killam Research Prize
Mark Schmidt, Raymond Ng UBC
ACM Fellow
Alla Sheffer ACM
CRC Chair
Karon MacLean CRC
2021

Research

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Best Paper Award
Arpan Gujarati IEEE QRS 2021
Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
Raymond Ng Royal Society of Canada
Impact Recognition Award
Ashish Chopra, Dongwook Yoon, Ivan Beschastnikh, Morgan Mo, Samuel Dodson Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Prominent Paper Award
Holger H. Hoos, Kevin Leyton-Brown AIJ Prominent Paper Award
AITO Test of Time Award
Gregor Kiczales AITO
Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Blair Spearman Doctoral Prize
Chris Liaw Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
Rick Sample Memorial Award in Computer Science
David Ewart, Rebecca Lin, Roark Zhang UBC Computer Science
2021 Best Dissertation Award
Arpan Gujarati ACM SIGBED
2021 CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award
Tamara Munzner Graphics Interface (CHCCS/SCDHM)
ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award
Laks V.S. Lakshmanan SIGMOD
Amazon Research Award
Kevin Leyton-Brown Amazon Research
Best Paper Award for AISTATS 2021
Frederik Kunstner, Mark Schmidt AISTATS
Distinguished Paper Award
Braxton Hall, Felix Grund, Nick C. Bradley, Reid Holmes, Shaiful Chowdhury International Conference on Software Engineering
Distinguished Scholar Award
Kevin Leyton-Brown UBC
Elected Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Margo Seltzer AAAS
Killam Research Fellowship
Mark Schmidt UBC
Outstanding Paper of 2020
Jeff Clune International Society of Artificial Life
SIGMOD Research Highlight Award
Laks V.S. Lakshmanan ACM SIGMOD
Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships
Leonid Sigal UBC
ACM Fellow
Kevin Leyton-Brown Association of Computing Machinery
CS-Can/Info-Can 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
Kellogg Booth CS-Can/Info-Can
ISAL Award for Outstanding Publication of 2020
Jeff Clune

Service

Award Recipient(s) Organization
2021 FoS Excellence in Service Award
Constance Wun, Joël Pittet UBC Faculty of Science
Maria Klawe Service Award 2021
Ayman Azhar, Kiki Hsieh UBC Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize  
Daphne Liu UBC Computer Science
Student Service Awards for Graduate Students
Paul Bucci, Paulette Koronkevish, Swati Goswami UBC Computer Science
Student Service Awards for Volunteers
Chenyuan (Coco) Wu, Christy Lo, Cindy Ou Yang, Cody Gagnon, Ervin Ng, Natalie Chen, Sepand Dyanatker UBC Computer Science

Teaching

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Ali Mohammed Mehr, Amir Tootooni, Basima Spindari, Lily Bryant, Nam Hee Kim, Nicholas Hu, Paul Bucci, Preeti Vyas, Rubinder Nagi, Shivam Thukral, Tianxin Tao UBC Computer Science
Outstanding Teaching Awards for Faculty
Anne Condon, Ed Knorr, Helge Rhodin, Leonid Sigal, Paul Carter, Robert Xiao, Steve Wolfman UBC Computer Science
Undergraduate TA Awards
Benjamin Chang, Brooke Dai, Burcu Gorgulicten, Carmen Xu, Chantelle Twynstra, Charles Lake, Kean Wah Wong, Mara Solen, Phillip Mark, Rebecca Xie, William Walcher UBC Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Academic Award of Excellence 2021
David Louie, Devyani McLaren, Elbert Chuang, Hayden McTavish, Quintin Muncaster, Seif Ghazi, Sherry Zhang UBC Computer Science
Bill Aiello Memorial Award in Computer Science
Brianna Dungate, Mara Solen UBC Computer Science
Greer Family Scholarship 2021
David Louie, Victor Wang UBC Computer Science
Markus Meister Memorial Prize
David Louie         UBC Computer Science
Visier Service Awards in Computer Science
Hyesun An, Joice Tang UBC Computer Science
Governor General's Academic Medal
Fangzhao Zhang Governor General of Canada
2020

Research

Award Recipient(s) Organization
ACM Distinguished Member
Cristina Conati ACM
IEEE Fellow
Alla Sheffer IEEE
Best Paper Award, ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Computer Animation
Hung Yu Ling, Michiel van de Panne, Nam Hee Kim, Zhaoming Xie ACM SIGGRAPH
Best Student Paper Award
Cristina Conati, Shane D. Sims ACM ICMI 2020
Royal Society of Canada Fellow
Alla Sheffer Royal Society of Canada
SIGGRAPH Academy Member
Alla Sheffer ACM SIGGRAPH
GECCO 2020 Best Paper Award
Holger H. Hoos, Yasha Pushak GECCO 2020
2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Sikander Randhawa NSERC
SIGMOD Systems Award
Margo Seltzer BerkeleyDB - 2020 SIGMOD Systems Award
2021 CHCCS Service Award
Kellogg Booth CHCCS Service Award
CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award
Dinesh Pai Graphics Interface
CHI 2020 Best Paper Award
Karon MacLean, Sabrina Hauser CHI 2020
CHI 2020 Honorable Mention Award
Karon MacLean, Robert Xiao, Soheil Kianzad, Yuxiang Huang CHI 2020
UBC Killam Research Prize
Alla Sheffer UBC Research & Innovation

Service

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Going Above and Beyond
Dan Miner, Edward Chu, John Seto, Koon Ming Lau, Patrick Lai, Tim Li, Vivian Leung UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Fostering a Collegial environment
Celine Francis UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Supporting Research
Marjan Molouk-Zadeh UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Award for Supporting Students and the Educational Programs
Jessica Bosch UBC Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Team Award
Annie Hu, Brenda Chu, Michelle Lin UBC Computer Science
President's Staff Award - Creativity & Innovation
Anthony Winstanley UBC
Graduate Student Service Award 2019
Swati Goswami UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Service Award 2019
Aiden (Phoenix) Synkova, Daphne Liu, Noa Heyl UBC Department of Computer Science
Rajan Family Award in Computer Science 2019
Beriwan Salamat Ravandi UBC Department of Computer Science
Undergraduate Student Service Award 2019 (Volunteers)
Amy Zhu, Chanbin Lee , Leo Lin, Natalie (Zhi Ling) Chen, Slava Uryumtsev UBC Department of Computer Science
Visier Service Award for Women in Computer Science 2019
Daphne Liu UBC Department of Computer Science
Excellence in Service
Vivian Leung UBC Faculty of Science

Teaching

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Graduate TA Awards 2020
Adrian Lindsay, Jinfan Yang, Joey Eremondi, Matt Dietrich, Mohammed Suhail, Prithu Banerjee, Si Yi Meng, Surya Koppisetti, Xinhong (Sam) Liu, Zixuan Yin UBC Department of Computer Science
Undergraduate TA Awards 2019
Alara Celik, Braxton Hall, Chanbin Lee, Courtney Hermary, Emili Gubskaya, Greg Gzik, John Turkson, Kevin Yap, Lucas Zamprogno , Pardis Roshanzimir, Richard Hou, Sasha Avreline UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Cinda Heeren UBC Vice President Academic

Undergrad Achievement

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Academic Award of Excellence 2020
Braxton Hall, Chenliang Zhou, Daniel Bajj, Pardis Roshanzamir, Paul Wang, Raymond Situ, Sam Dover, Yuru Liu UBC Department of Computer Science
Accenture Leadership Award 2019
Jeanette Johnson UBC Department of Computer Science
Broadridge Financial Solutions Award for Women in Computer Science 2019
Hannah Lin Broadridge Financial Solutions
Governor General’s Silver Medal
Chenliang Zhou University of British Columbia
Greer Family Scholarship 2019
Chen Hang, Hayden McTavish UBC Department of Computer Science
Martin Frauendorf Memorial Prize 2019
Arden Allen UBC Department of Computer Science
Rick Sample Summer Internship 2020
Rebecca Lin, Willis Cheng Peng, Yujing (Eugenie) Lai UBC Department of Computer Science
VanHacks Award in Computer Science 2019
Petal Vitis UBC Department of Computer Science
Visier Service Award in Computer Science 2019
Ayman Azhar UBC Department of Computer Science
2019

Research

Award Recipient(s) Organization
AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow Award
Alan Mackworth AGE-WELL
IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy
Tamara Munzner IEEE VGTC
IEEE Vis Test of Time Award
Tamara Munzner IEEE VIS
IEEE Vis Test of Time Award
Hamish Carr, Jack Snoeyink, Michiel van de Panne IEEE VIS
VIS Academy Member
Tamara Munzner IEEE VGTC Visualization Academy
SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award
Robert Xiao SIGCHI
IJCAI 2019 Workshop Best Paper Award
Cristina Conati, Shane Sims, Vanessa Putnam IJCAI
USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award
Margo Seltzer USENIX
ICML Best Paper Honourable Mention
Frank Wood International Conference on Machine Learning
CHI 2019 Honorable Mention Award
Dongwook Yoon, Matin Yarmand CHI 2019
CS-Can/Info-Can Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award
Julie Nutini CS-CAN/INFO-CAN

Service

Award Recipient(s) Organization
UBC CS Staff Award (for fostering a collegial environment)
Ana Kopic Drole, Holly Kwan, Vivian Leung UBC Computer Science
iQmetrix Service Award for Women in Computer Science
Giulia Mattia, Hannah Lin UBC Department of Computer Science
Maria Klawe Service Award
Arden Allen, Kara Deane UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Graduate Student Service Award
Giovanni Viviani, Julieta Martinez-Covarrubias, Nico Ritschel UBC Department of Computer Science
Visier Service Award for Women in Computer Science
Jinny Byun UBC Department of Computer Science
Visier Service Award in Computer Science
Noah Heyl UBC Department of Computer Science

Teaching

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Graduate TA Awards 2019
Arthur de Sousa Marques, David Johnson, Hung Yu Ling, Jocelyn Minns, Marjan Albooyeh, Nico Ritschel, Sikander Rhandawa UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department 2018 Faculty Teaching Award
Ali Madooei, Joanna McGrenere, Jordan Johnson, Michiel van de Panne, Nick Harvey, Oluwakemi Ola UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Lifetime Teaching Award
George Tsiknis UBC Department of Computer Science
UBC Computer Science Department Undergraduate TA Awards
Andrea Gottardo, Bronwyn Damm, Jonathan Budiardjo, Luciano Burla, Qianqian Feng, Ryan Kwon, Stefano Vazzoler, William Alvarez, Zoe Fox UBC Department of Computer Science

Undergrad Achievement

Award Recipient(s) Organization
Governor General's Silver Medal
Jeffrey Dawson Governor General of Canada